The AIDS Memorial Quilt is returning to San Francisco.

The AIDS quilt was last fully displayed in October 1996 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Rick Gerharter)

The AIDS quilt — all 50,000 panels — will return to the Bay Area, under a new agreement that transfers stewardship of the mammoth AIDS memorial to the National AIDS Memorial Grove in San Francisco.

Additionally, the Library of Congress will preserve the quilt’s…